Two treatises of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs. The first of earthly-mindedness

And so the next Rule with which I must close all is this, Exercise much the grace of faith: There is no way to get above the Creature, and above Nature, but by exercising the grace of Faith. Many Christians think they must exercise love to God, and exercise sorrow for sin; the grace of Repentance, mourning for sin, that's good, thou shouldest do that, and thou shouldest exercise patience; but the great grace that is to be employed if thou wouldest attain a Heavenly life, it is, The exercise of Faith: and make conscience to put forth that grace much, for it's by that that we do converse with God through Christ. Though Christ be the ladder, yet it's faith that carries us up this ladder, and brings us down again, it's faith that makes the things of Heaven real to the soul, Heb. 11. 1. It's faith that is an evidence of things not seen, and the substance of things hoped for, by faith these things come to be made real and substantial things, and as present things, faith it is that gives a great excellency to all the things of Heaven its self, and ⟨p. 257⟩therefore live much by faith, and walk by faith, and not by sense, and then shalt thou be above the world and live in Heaven; and as the fruit of thy faith wait for the appearing of Jesus Christ. Our Conversation is in Heaven (saith the Apostle) from whence also we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ &c. Where a mans Conversation is, there his expectations may be; and where the expectations are, there a mans Conversation is; now our Conversation is in Heaven from whence also we look for Jesus Christ; as if he should say, It's not a motion, do not you think that when we speak of Conversing in Heaven that we please our own fancies; Oh no, saith he, we by faith look upon Heaven as the most real thing in the world, for we expect the Lord Jesus Christ ere long to appear in glory bodily, and we shall see him with these eyes, and shall change our vile bodies and make them like his glorious body, we by faith looking upon such glorious things to be so real, and so at hand, and we waiting for these things it's this that makes our Conversation to be in Heaven: